HIGH-ENERGY NEARSHORE PROCESSES

This article discusses the processes that take place on beaches during high-energy conditions. It is noted that it is lower frequency motions (infragravity waves) that pass the information of the storm to the inner surf zone and the shoreline. It is shown how storm waves and swell, incident from deep water can have only limited influence on the inner surf zone and how lower frequency motions are not thus limited. The article then discusses the consequences of the nearshore waveguide both to the nearshore wave climate and also to the beach, where large-scale sandbar systems may be generated or modified with surprising speed. The difficulties of this problem and the types of innovative solutions that are appearing are noted.

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  American Geophysical Union

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• Authors:
  • Holman, R A
  • Sallenger Jr, A H
• Publication Date: 1986-12-9

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 1369-70
• Serial:
  • EOS Transactions
  • Volume: 67
  • Issue Number: 49
  • Publisher: American Geophysical Union
  • ISSN: 0096-3941

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Beaches; Coasts; Energy levels; Storms; Waveguides; Waves
• Old TRIS Terms: High energy
• Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; I26: Water Run-off - Freeze-thaw;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00463364
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1987 12:00AM